Kiln 2 at the Robilante (Cuneo/Italy) plant was started up again in the middle of October 2009 after several important modifications had been made to the preheater tower. The objectives of this...
Lafarge announces that it will receive Brazilian cement assets in exchange for the sale to Votorantim on February 3rd, 2010 of its 17.28 % stake in the Portuguese Cimpor group. The terms of...
Bedeschi was awarded by Sococim Industries (Vicat Group) in Senegal the supply and commissioning of the preblending limestone storage slewing stacker, STKR 22/1400 type in Rufisque. The machine has...
The 6. European Slag Conference of EUROSLAG – The European Slag Association, will be held from 20.–22.10.2010, in Madrid/Spain, and is to be organised by UNESID (Spanish Steel Association)....
Although affected by the international financial and economic crises, the markets of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have shown a remarkable resiliency and continued economic growth. Thus, the cedmmc...
Directive for electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), process and waste gases, VDI 3678, sheet 1 (draft), deals with the separation of solid and liquid particles from process or waste gases by means of...
The optimization of the production processes is one of the permanent primary concerns of the cement industry. Maximization of fuel substitution, reduction of pressure drop, maintenance of stable plant...
The German-Chinese standards information portal was officially opened in Berlin on 12th October 2009. The portal serves as an information source as regards the standards and standardization systems...
1 Introduction
ABB’s Expert Optimizer was first installed at Votorantim Cimentos’s Itau de Minas (Fig. 1) and Salto de Pirapora plants (Fig. 2) in 1995. Ageing hardware needed to be replaced...
1 Introduction
In line with the overall trend in Swiss cement industry, Vigier Cement AG, of Péry (Canton of Berne, Fig. 1) took a decision to invest in the modernization of its existing kiln line in...
